On December 16, 1994, the court held a
public hearing on the petition of the Dane County Bar Association Pro Bono
Trust Fund seeking the amendment of SCR 20:6.1 to require members of the State
Bar of Wisconsin to file annually with the State Bar a certificate setting
forth the member's pro bono activities during the preceding year, providing
that a member's failure to file a certificate would constitute grounds for
suspension of the member from the State Bar.Following the public hearing, the court requested that the State Bar,
which had created a commission to study the matter of lawyer pro bono activity,
to survey its membership to determine the amount of pro bono work performed and
the amount of financial contribution made to pro bono legal activities during
the preceding year.Representatives of
the State Bar and of the petitioner then prepared a reporting form to elicit
information to provide an empirical base for the study undertaken by the State
Bar's commission and the survey was distributed with the members' dues
statements in 1995.

The court has considered the results of the
survey filed with the court December 11, 1995 and the response of the chair of
the petitioner.The court has
determined that the requested rule amendment should not be adopted.

IT IS ORDERED that the petition for the
amendment of SCR 20:6.1 is denied.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 24th day
of January, 1996.BY
THE COURT: